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LAVS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 454

(b) (4) AN INSURER MAY NOT MAKE OR PERMIT ANY
DIFFERENTIAL IN RATINGS, PREMIUM PAYMENTS, OR DIVIDENDS IN
CONNECTION WITH A HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACT SOLELY BECAUSE
THE APPLICANT OR POLICYHOLDER HAS THE SICKLE-CELL TRAIT,
THALASSEMIA-MINOR TRAIT, HEMOGLOBIN C TRAIT, TAY-SACHS
TRAIT, OR ANY GENETIC TRAIT WHICH IS HARMLESS WITHIN ITSELF,
UNLESS THERE IS ACTUARIAL JUSTIFICATION THEREFOR FOR IT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 455

(Senate Bill 481)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City - Rent Escrow Law

FOR the purpose of clarifying that in Baltimore City, that
the rent escrow law does not apply unless the landlord
has been notified of any violation which endangers the
life, health, or safety of tenants; and relating
generally to the law concerning rent escrow in
Baltimore City; and certain clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 9-9 (a), (d)(2), (e), and (f)(4)
Article 4 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1969 Edition and 1978 Supplement, as
amended by Chapter 687 of the Acts of 1971)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 4 - Baltimore City

9-9.

(a) Findings and purposes.

(1) It is found and declared that there exist in
the City of Baltimore structures used for human habitation
which are, or may become in the future, substandard with
respect to structure, equipment or maintenance; and that